Thursday, March 20, 2014

Seed Savers Exchange has an archive of educational webinar videos including seed saving from specific plants including tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. There are also videos on isolation, seed starting and hand pollinating.

You will see a YouTube video viewer, in the bottom right hand corner is a square bracket, click on that to make the video viewer full sized. At the top left hand corner are 3 lines and the word PLAYLIST, click on that and it will show you a list of the archived classes. Select the one you want to see and click the play arrow.

Upcoming Classes and Events

Mapleton Ready is providing a free winter gardening class by Caleb Warnock, author of Backyard Winter Gardening. It will cover among other things: hot beds, the best winter varieties to grow, and hoop houses.

How to Become a Member

If you would like to become a member of the Utah Seed Exchange you will need to:

1. Commit to learning and actively saving seeds, at least one new variety a year. You must test your seeds for purity by growing a few and matching them to the parent plant before you share them with anyone.

2. Become familiar with the concepts of seed saving. Please catch up with the information and classes that have been taught. They are listed under the 'Pages' section on the right. Go through the pages and read and watch the information.

3. You will need to own and reference 'Seed to Seed' by Suzanne Ashworth (amazon.com) and it is recommended that you own and read 'The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency used by the Mormon Pioneer' by Caleb Warnock which is a great book on seed saving in Utah.

When you have done these things, email me your request for membership at utahseedexchange@gmail.com and let me know that you have completed the requirements.